Saturday, 7 January 2017

20mm Falklands Scimitar Part 1

Back to the Falklands for a 20mm Scimitar to support my Brits. When I decided to do a Scimitar I was aware of the Britannia one, Airfix and Ace. I tend towards resin for a quicker build but got offered a look at the Ace one which is an excellent kit but had etched brass tracks! This was unfortunately a non starter so I ordered a Britannia one from Grubby. I built one quite a few years ago when the late Dave Howitt ran the show and it was a good wargames model. However the latest one I received was obviously a victim of old moulds, covered in bubbles with the smoke dischargers on the turret missing and a fair bit of detail gone soft. I suspect a few folks would have returned it but I decided to crack on with the filler and plastruct. The photos below show the reconstruction work finished, the tank commander has his sleeves rolled up, obviously for summer on the north German plain so he got some long sleeves for the weather down south.

On a side issue I was wanting a couple of Britannia Centurions for my SADF troops but I'm quite wary, think I'll just have to look at the quality in the flesh at Vapnartak at York in February. Here's hoping. Dougie